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Preface | |
Understanding Development: Why and how we Study Children and Adolescents | |
Issues in Child Development | |
Why we study the development of children and adolescents | |
How we study the development of children and adolescents | |
How we apply child development knowledge to support optimal development | |
Theories of Development | |
Basic principles and applications | |
Theories of child and adolescent development | |
How Do We Study Children and Adolescents? | |
The scientific method | |
Ethics in research with children and adolescents | |
Finding and assessing information about development | |
Beginnings | |
How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture | |
The study of genetics and behavior | |
The interaction of genes and environment | |
The study of culture and behavior | |
Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn | |
Prenatal development | |
The birth experience | |
The newborn | |
Building Blocks of Development: How Children Grow | |
Physical Development: The Body and the Brain | |
Brain development | |
Motor development | |
Sensation and perception | |
Body growth and changes | |
Nutrition | |
Cognitive Development | |
What is cognitive development? | |
Theories of cognitive development | |
Intelligence and Academic Achievement | |
Intelligence | |
Academic achievement | |
Language Development | |
Aspects of language | |
Theories of language development | |
Language and the brain | |
Stages of language development | |
Bilingualism and bilingual education | |
Language disorders | |
Emotional Development and Attachment | |
Emotions: Universality and difference | |
Attachment | |
Development of emotions | |
Emotions and emotional problems of childhood and adolescence | |
Self, Identity and Moral Development | |
Development of self-concept | |
Self-esteem | |
Development of gender identity | |
Development of self-control | |
Moral development | |
Social Development: Parents, Peers and Beyond | |
Social cognition | |
Interactions with parents | |
Interaction with peers | |
Beyond parents and peers | |
Contexts for Development | |
Play, Extracurricular Activities, and Media Use | |
The daily lives of children and adolescents | |
The role of play | |
Extracurricular activities | |
Media use | |
Families | |
What constitutes a family? | |
How do families function? | |
Interventions for a better family life | |
Health, Well-Being and Resilience | |
Stress and coping | |
Illnesses and other health threats | |
The impact of poverty | |
Child abuse and neglect | |
Racial stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination | |
Mental health and mental disorders | |
Resilience | |
Glossary | |
References | |
Photo Credits | |
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